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HOBAR'T D. PENNOYER, OF ATHENS, `NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 80,365, dated July 28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN AUGERf-HANDLES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNz` Be it known that I, HOBART D. PENNOYER, of Athene, in the county of Greene, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Auger-Top; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichavill enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relatesl to a new and useful improvement in augers, and it consists in providing a top-piece to t on the upper end oi' the`auger-shank and receive the handle, said top-piece being composed of two parts, and provided respectively with pawls anda ratchet, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the aug-er may be turned and holes bored in close proximity to any vertical fixtures, where an ordinary fixed handle cannot be turned, and atthe same time-admit ofthe handle being adjusted and turned as usual in places where there is room to allow it.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my invention.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the lower part of the same.

Figure 3, an under` face view of the` upper part of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents what I term the auger-top, which is composed of two parts, a b, connected together, one above the other,'by a vertical central bolt, c, which passes up through a central square hole, d, in the lower part, b, the head of the bolt being at the inner end otwthe hole d, the opposite end of .the bolt being secured in the upper end of the part a by a pin, e, as shown clearly in iig. 1. i i

On the upper end of the part a there is a ring,f, to receive the auger-handle.

In the under side of the upper part, a, of theto'p, A, Vthere is an annular concentric groove, g, in which two pawls, 7i h, arefit'ted, and in the uppe'r surface of the lower part, b, there are ratchet-teeth i, for the pawls k h to catch against, said pawls having springs, j, bearing upon them,'to keep them engaged with the ratchet.

By means of this pawl-and-ratchet arrangement the upper part, a, of the top is allowed to turn in one direction, (to the left,) without turning the lower part, b; but when a is turned to the right, b will turn with it, as the pawls h t then catch against the ratchet-teeth z'.

.When'necessary, t and b are connected, so that both will turn or left, by means of a spring-catch, B, which is composed of a bar, 1c, pivoted to the upper part, a,'at Z, and having a spring, mfat its upper part, which vhas a tendency to press the lower end of into any of aseries of notches, aX, in b, a catch, n, which is secured to the top of the `ringf, holding the lower end of k into or out from thenotche ax. V The upper end of th therein by a set-screw, n, (sce iig. l.)

From the above description, it'will when the top is turned either to the right 'e shank o f the auger (shown in red) is tt'ed in the square hole d in'b, and secured be seen that when there is room, the auger-handle may hc iittcd inlthe ringf, so aste project at equal distances froml each side of the same, the upper part, a,"secured to the lower part, b, by having the lower end of the bar lc fit in one of the notches ax, and the handle turned as usual, in order to bore a hole; but in case thereV is not room to turn the handle entirely around, thelowerend of the bar Z: may be kept free, or out from the notches ax in b, by pressing the upper end of k inward towards the ringj', the auger-handle drawn nearly out from the ring, so that one end will t therein, and the auger turned by the ratchet-attachment, the handle beingmoved first in one direction, and then in the other, and turning the auger when moved from right to left, but not when moved in the reverse'direction. i

This device may b'emade at a small cost, and will provo to be a very convenient attachment for angers, as it doesjnot interfere in' the least with the ordinary mode of operating or turning them, and will admit of angers, being turned in places where they ,could not he with the ordinary.handle-attachment.

' I claim ns new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The auger-top, constructed, as described, of the parts a b', lrespectivelywith the. concentric spring-pawls h and ratchet-teeth I catch B,vand the lower part recessed, to Vreceive the shank of the auger,

secured together-by Ithe bolt c, and provided z', the upper part, a, having the loopf andthe springall Varranged and operating as described. for the purpose specified.

-HOBART D. IENNOYER.

Witnesses: Y

HERMANE. Dennett, N. E. EDM-owns. 

